Fountain sponge-holder.



G. P. SCHUH. FOUNTAIN SPONGE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYL, 1910.

1,052,016, v Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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CHARLES FREDERICK SCHUH, OE TUCKAHOE, NEV YORK.

FOUNTAIN sreNGE-HOLDER.

Specification (if 'Letters latent.

v Application filed May Il. 1910. Serial No. 559,274.

To .4e/Zt whom vit m 0 1/ conferir Be it known that l, CHARLES F. Seurin, a citizen ot the United States, residing,- at Tucliahoe, in the county ot lVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain ne\Y and uset'ul llnprovements in 1Fountain Sponge-Holders, ot which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to'sponge` holders or the like, and has particular reference to a fountain holder adapted to contain water and hold a sponge, or, more speeiieally, to he coupled to a hose at one end and hold a sponge at the other. Such adeviee is more especially intended tor washing vehicles, windows or the like where it is desirable to supply ample 'water to the surface to carry away the dirt without undue waste.

`According` to this invention, l provide a reservoir having' a resilient port-ion adapted to retain a sponge, eloth or other washing' material, and constructed so that the washing` materialis more tightly `gripped as the water pressure is apiilied.

rl`he invention will be more Atnlly understood in connection with the accompanvin,"T drawing', which shows, in Figure l.. Aa view ot the sponge holding` end, and, in l1 ig. 2, a section ot one torni ot the' invention.

l represents a globular reservoir havingV one end inturned, as at Q, leadingr to an opening` 3, the opening preterabl-y being provided with serrations o r teeth -l projecting.; inwardly below the open ing. as shown in Fig'. 3. The other end o pre'l'erably is provided with a` nipple ti and coupling T to be attached to anv ordinary hose. \'vhereb a continutais supply ot water may he obtained. B v reason of the resilient or extensible aperture 3, which is depressed below the end of the resilient portion 2 oll the body, a sponge or cloth or the like rau be easilyl thrust through the opening, partially ll'lien the water is turned on, the pressure tends to torce the sponge out andthereby the aperture contracts and grips it more tightly. The edge of the aperture Il is preferably inclined or beveled on the inner face as shown in the drawinej, so as to torni a depressed circumferential edge, which, upon ir-"rease of the pressure, will tend to be forced outwardly, and in doing;` so it. necessarily will, by reason of the elastic material ot which it is composed, contract and thereby grip the sponge or other washing material more body `portion orV tightly. lt will be seen that an increased holding effect will be obtained by providing the edge of the aperture with .inwardly and diagonally projecting resilient teeth i, which are peculiarly adapted tor holding a. sponge, and such teeth are of advantage, in that they permit a wider variation in the size of the sponge employed with a given aperture, it being obvious that the teeth will enable a. smaller spongeto he used than where reliance is had solely upon the holding etlect of the continuous beveled edge et the aperture. Moreover', as the water pressure increases these teeth tend to straighten out? and contrae/t toward each other transversely of t-he aperture, thereby digging into the washing materialand very firmly graspine the, sponeezvi lt will be understood that the sponge, eloth or other material used will be Sulliciently porous to permit the passage ot the waterlmore or less .t'reely` while. at the same time the dirt will be carried away by the,

' water and not clog the sponge or washing device. a

ln practice. l propose to make v a ,'V' .salient portion the reand the serrations ot rubt ber, and the body portion l may be ot rub- ,her or' other suitable material.

lso, a Ieiittorciue wire applied to or molded in the enlarged portion of the. body to strengthen and stillen it.` .`\lso, various materials may be used. hutl have found rubber best adapted 'for the resilient holding portion Q and the serrations or teeth Il.

Having thus described my invention, l

'declare that what l claim as new and desire 1. A fountain holder for a washing niaterial comprising a hollow supporting body havingy an aperture atI one end to receive said washing,y nuiterial. said aperture being tin-med .by an inwardly projecting wall or edge depressed within the outer end ot the body. and formed ol' elastic material to be distended at the depressed inwardly projectin;v portion to grip the washingl material while permitting rmssage ot' lluid through the interstices thereoit' and holding it- 'trio tionally. said depressed wall having an inner inclined surface constituting a contractible gripping means, which upon increase, oi fluid pressure contraet the aperture to more tightly grip said washing material.

fountain holder for a Washing maferial cornprising'ahol-low supporting body l0 silie r tly engeging haring an aperture at one end to receive said Washing materielv said aperture being formed' by en inwardly projecting serrated mil or edge depressed Within the encl of the body, Said serrated edge comprising diag@ nelly and inwardly extending resilient teeth, and formed of elastic materieltp be distended at tlie depressed inwardly projeting portion to grip the 'washine' materiel, Said teeth resaicl material and yield- Lomme ing toward each other upon increase olf fluid pressure to Contract the aperture to more tightly grip said Washing materiel.

ln testimony whereof I afin; my eigneture, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHARLES FREDERICK SCHUH.

Witnesses:

# 1-J1 S. Woos'mR,

GEO. N. KERR. 

